Piedmont High School students engage in a sexual fantasy league

PIEDMONT -- Parents of students at Piedmont High School were informed Friday that a "fantasy league" involving sexual activity among the student body has been in existence at the school.

Principal Rich Kitchens sent out the letter Friday. He said information about the fantasy league came to his attention after the school's annual freshman assembly on date-rape prevention. That assembly was held in early October.

In the letter, Kitchens wrote that athletes on some of the school's varsity teams set up the league, "in which our female students (unbeknown to most of them) are drafted as part of the league" and male students "earn points for documented engagement in sexual activities with female students."

Kitchens also acknowledged that the league has been in existence for at least five years and was part of the "bonding" for some of the varsity teams and that many of the students were aware of it and participated.

"At this point, because we do not have specifics about participants or victims, our focus is on education and understanding moving forward, not discipline for past activities," Kitchens wrote.

Kitchens also told parents that the school will meet with athletes at the beginning of each season to address the issue.

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